Thanks to all of you who were (much) more familiar than I with Chandler Robbins
and his many contributions to birding. That Golden Guide has long been a
favorite of mine and I just went to my archives (a shelf in the space in my
home which is sometimes called an "office") and pulled down my 1966 version,
still in quite good condition. I always appreciated that this guide had the
range maps as well as the sonograms right there next to the illustrations.
Because of the recent news about the Alexandria Prairie Falcon, I took a glance
at the falcons in this old book and noticed that the Peregrine had been
"upgraded" from "Duck" but that the Merlin and the Kestrel were still "Pigeon"
and "Sparrow."
Maybe now we'll have to have a "Cityscape Prairie" to add to the falcons. And
quickly, before they turn into parrots!
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